Questions tagged [flagging]
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How do we handle answers that don't answer the question?
This question asks, quite simply "How many days have passed from the start of the show to the events of the last episode?".
This answer makes no attempt to address the question, and instead discusses ...
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Is a user allowed to ask the same question twice if they didn't get an answer the first time?
About two months ago, the user Jared Westover asked a story-identification question: Book with a magic school in the sky. The question drew one answer, which was not accepted.
Two days ago, Jared ...
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Let's get aligned on our site specific usage of the Not an Answer flag
We have, on this site, had some confusion/differing opinions on the matter of when a Not an Answer flag is applicable. Specifically, when someone posts something related that isn't actually an answer ...
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When deleting a comment I made, should I always flag replies as "obsolete"?
From time to time, I go through comments I made to see if they're still relevant and adding value to the site.
If I delete a throw-away comment (I made), I flag any replies as "obsolete". But how ...
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What to do with flags which are valid but not for earth-shatteringly bad content? [closed]
Today I was shown a bunch of flagged posts to review (yellow circle near "review" link).
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/tools/flagged
Some of them were valid, some seemed like errorneous flags (I ...
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Make it so that comments with "thanks" or similar words aren't automatically deleted
If I flag a comment such as "Thanks, that is the answer to my question" with "No longer needed", it will be deleted automatically without any mods looking at it. However, this could be really harmful ...
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Flagging answers that don't present textual evidence
I wrote a question and edited it fairly quickly (within two hours) to make it more focused by explicitly asking for textual evidence.
Two answers were posted before the edit and two after, but none ...
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Why was this 'not an answer' flag disputed?
I flagged this answer as 'not an answer':
No it's not Harry Potter but is supposed to look like him. What he summoned isn't explained or likely to explained.
It is comprised of a reply to a ...
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Is it acceptable to use unicode fonts for general discourse (Questions/Answers/Comments)?
User augustine08282011 has written a number of comments in a weird (unicode?) font that won't display on my mobile device.
I flagged it for a moderator to look at, but the flag was declined.
Bυт ...
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Why is calling questions "worthless" acceptable on this site?
Why is calling questions "worthless" acceptable on this site?
The last instance was yesterday (when my R&A flag on such a comment was denied), but this wasn't the first nor even second time I saw ...
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What is our policy on new redundant answers to old questions?
I flagged an answer today.
The key factors were:
It was posted almost four years after the question was posted and received an accepted answer.
It was just one line which merely rephrased what the ...
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Why was this 'not an answer' flag on a rant about US declined?
This (now deleted) "answer" came up in the first posts review. It attempts to answer the question why the Jedi would serve a corrupt republic by trying to draw parallels to the current situation in ...
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Why the info says not to use comments for saying "thanks" when it seems to be appreciated to do so?
The comment info text says "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”."
That's why I was flagging these kinds of comments as not ...
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PSA: When to flag things as spam
This morning I moderated a couple of answers which had spam flags on them. They weren't spam. These particular answers were not answers, and should have been flagged as 'not an answer'. Ergo this ...
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Flag a comment for containing a spoiler when OP requested no spoilers?
In this question OP stated that they didn't want spoilers from preview chapters of The Winds of Winter. Somebody then went on to post a comment saying (paraphrased) "why would you exclude The Winds of ...
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Is it better to flag with a custom flag or a preset one?
When flagging questions and comments one of the options always lets you leave a custom comment.
I have noticed several times that after getting a flag declined when choosing one of the categories, I'...
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When, if ever, should we flag comments as "obsolete"?
I recently happened to take another look at an old answer of mine, and noticed that there was a fair amount of chatty comments between myself and the OP of the question I was answering.
The comments ...
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Are analogies acceptable as answers?
I recently had an NAA flag declined and was given the following reason:
declined - It answers the question using an argument by analogy
Are analogies really acceptable as answers, particularly ...
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Does Sci-Fi use different flagging rules from other SE sites?
For reference, I flagged some (IMHO) very poor answers that appear to have been abandoned and only create noise:
The question for your reference is Where did the Red Brick Road lead to?
Each one of ...
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Why were the "Not an Answer" flags on this post about wandless magic in Harry Potter declined?
Are there any spells that a wizard/witch can cast without a wand in the Harry Potter universe?
This question was "answered" by a post going off on a tangent about soldiers being able to ...
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When does the system show flag review screen? [closed]
Today I had an yellow ellipse with "11" in it in my top toolbar next to "review" link, which took me to a screen allowing reviewing flagged posts.
I only recall seeing that screen ...
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Why was this VLQ flag declined despite the post being deleted?
Yesterday I flagged this answer as VLQ (10k link). My flag was declined with:
declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer
However, given ...
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Why were these flags on an answer that gave the original source (non-comic) of a quote on a question that wanted the comic source declined?
I (and a few other people) flagged this answer as Not An Answer. This is the full text of the answer:
This quote is a paraphrase of Luke 12:48 where Jesus says "to whom much is given, much will be ...
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How to deal with story ID questions with different details but the same answer [duplicate]
Say there exists a story ID question that lists details A and B and has an accepted answer.
If a user posts another question that lists details C and D and you're absolutely sure that the answer is ...
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Can someone tell why this flag was declined?
This answer is just worthless. Why was the flag declined?
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